Safety Score
87
Safe
Recalls
0
Complaints
50
NCAP Stars
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Recalls (0)
No recalls found for the 2004 Cadillac Escalade.
Owner Complaints (showing up to 50)
| Date | Component | Crash | Injuries | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-01-09 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING:TURN SIGNAL:FLASHER UNIT | No | 0 | When this device is used to replace the Flasher Module (my had failed so I ordered this replacement from Amazon) I foun… |
| 2025-01-06 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | I don’t know all I stopped driving it because it is not shifting right and I can’t ark it for some reason . I have to l… |
| 2025-01-01 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | At speeds of 50 mph and above, my vehicle does the death wobble. Any time I hit a tiny crack in the road, going higher … |
| 2023-08-01 | FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | No | 0 | Searching of Google results indicates this is a known problem with these vehicles. I am unable to put fuel/gas in the t… |
| 2023-03-15 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | Yes | 8 | Unknown |
| 2022-12-01 | SUSPENSION | No | 0 | When driving it feels like I'm slowing down when I'm not. The lights inside, the headlights, & on dashboard flicker & s… |
| 2022-07-22 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | so when I give it some gas the blower Moter for the ac /heat with go Fater then when the rpms go down the fan goes down… |
| 2019-10-01 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | MY TRUCK STARTED ON FIRE SMOKE STARTED UNDER GLOVE BOX!, THEN FLAMES STARTED AND THE WHOLE TRUCK BURNED UP! I WAS JUST… |
| 2019-09-01 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | HEADLIGHTS AND BALLETS BEEN REPLACED 3TIMES.. THEY COMES ON ONLY WHEN NOT DRIVING THEN I START DRIVING THEN ALL THE LIG… |
| 2018-09-27 | FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CADILLAC ESCALADE. WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH, ANOTHER MOTORIST ALERTED THE CONTACT THAT FUEL WAS… |
| 2018-09-17 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | BOUGHT THIS VEHICLE FROM A DEALER AND CANNOT GET IT INSPECTED DUE TO THE ISSUES WITH THE ABS AND STEERING SENSORS.REPLA… |
| 2018-05-02 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | DURING ROUTINE REPAIR WORK TRANSMISSION LINES, BREAK LINES AND POWER STEERING LINES HAD TO BE REPLACED BECAUSE THEY WER… |
| 2017-10-12 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | 2004 CADILLAC ESCALADE WITH 45,104 MILES. 2ND OWNER. HAD TO PANIC STOP ON LOCAL HIGHWAY EXIT RAMP WHEN ANOTHER VEHICLE … |
| 2017-05-04 | AIR BAGS | Yes | 3 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2004 CADILLAC ESCALADE. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, THE DRIVER LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHI… |
| 2017-02-25 | FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | No | 0 | THE STRONG ODOR OF. FUEL INSIDE AND OUTSIDE OF THE VEHICLE. STRONG WHEN DRIVING. WE FIND NO GAS ON THE GROUND LEAKING. … |
| 2016-12-23 | SEATS | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CADILLAC ESCALADE. WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH, REAR PASSENGER SEAT BECAME HOT AND CAUGHT ON FIRE.… |
| 2016-01-07 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CADILLAC ESCALADE. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE CONTACT WAS UNABLE TO READ THE SPEEDOM… |
| 2015-08-26 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | I WAS THE OWNER OF A 2014 CADILLAC ESCALADE. ON AUGUST 26, 2015, WHILE DRIVING I PLUGGED IN MY CELL PHONE CHARGER INTO… |
| 2015-02-10 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CADILLAC ESCALADE. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO START THE VEHICLE, IT FAILED TO START AND THE KEY RE… |
| 2015-01-28 | AIR BAGS | No | 1 | I HAVE A SERIOUS SAFETY CONCERN FOR OLDER MODEL CADILLAC ESCALADE'S AIR BAGS. I OWN A 2004 CADILLAC ESCALADE THAT HAS … |
| 2015-01-05 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | VEHICLE IS NO LONGER PROVIDING SPEED READOUT WHILE VEHICLE IS IN MOTION OR GAUGE IS INOPERATIVE AT RANDOM. MY VEHICLE I… |
| 2014-08-13 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | ON 8/13/2014 WHILE APPROACHING A RED LIGHT ON US ROUTE 22 IN MONROEVILLE, PA.; AT ABOUT 30 MPH, MY PEDAL WENT TO THE FL… |
| 2014-07-20 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | DRIVERS SIDE BRAKE LINE RUPTURED AND LEAKING FLUID. BRAKE LINES ON BOTH SIDES OF VEHICLE RUSTED. NO BRAKE PEDAL PRESSU… |
| 2014-06-28 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | I WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH AND A CAR CUT ME OFF AND I HAD TO STOP SHORT. MY TRUCK'S BRAKES DIDN'T RESPOND BUT A… |
| 2014-06-22 | STEERING | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CADILLAC ESCALADE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING, THE ABS LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE … |
| 2014-04-06 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | I OWN A 2004 CADILLAC ESCALADE. WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, I ATTEMPTED TO ENGAGE THE BRAKES BUT THE BRAKE PEDAL ABNORMALLY S… |
| 2014-02-01 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CADILLAC ESCALADE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH, HE ATTEMPTED TO ENGAGE THE… |
| 2013-11-30 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | Yes | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CADILLAC ESCALADE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED AND CA… |
| 2013-10-03 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CADILLAC ESCALADE. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 35 MPH AND APPLIED THE BRAKES HOWEVER, THE PEDAL… |
| 2013-09-02 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CADILLAC ESCALADE. THE CONTACT STATED THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS STUCK TO THE FLOOR BOARD WHEN THE… |
| 2013-07-22 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | I WAS TRAVELING AT A LOW RATE OF SPEED IN A RESIDENTIAL AREA AND MY FOOT WENT TO THE FLOOR AS I APPLIED THE BRAKES. I … |
| 2012-12-14 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | A CAR TRAVELING DIRECTLY IN FRONT STOPPED SUDDENLY WHEN A TRAFFIC CHANGED TO YELLOW, TRAVELING WEST ON LEESBURG PIKE (V… |
| 2012-09-06 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | MY WIFE HAD JUST LEFT THE PARKING LOT APPROACHING THE TRAFFIC LIGHT SHE STEPPED ON THE BRAKE THE PEDAL WENT ALL THE WAY… |
| 2012-09-06 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS | No | 0 | 2004 CADILLAC ESCALADE. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO DEFECTIVE BRAKE LINE. *TGW THE CONSUMER STATED WHEN HIS WIFE APP… |
| 2012-09-04 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CADILLAC ESCALADE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT SHE DEPRESSED THE BRAKE PEDAL AND THE PEDAL ABNO… |
| 2011-11-01 | AIR BAGS | Yes | 1 | I WAS IN AN MVA ON NOV. 1, 2011 THAT TOTALED MY 2004 ESCALADE. NONE OF THE AIRBAGS DEPLOYED, DESPITE DAMAGE TO ALL SID… |
| 2011-01-13 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CADILLAC ESCALADE. A PENNY FEEL BETWEEN THE CONSOLE AND THE CIGARETTE LIGHTER AND CAUSED A … |
| 2010-07-24 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | MY 2004 CADILLAC ESCALADE WANTS TO SHUT DOWN WHILE DRIVING. THE SYSTEM IS RESETTING ITS SELF, CAUSING MY CAR TO STALL,… |
| 2010-07-16 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CADILLAC ESCALADE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR AN UNRELATED REPAIR WHEN THE TEC… |
| 2010-05-27 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | I PURCHASED A 2004 CADILLAC ESCALADE IN MARCH 2010, HOWEVER SOON AFTER PURCHASE MY WATER PUMP HAD A LEAK WHICH THE DEAL… |
| 2010-02-10 | AIR BAGS | Yes | 3 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CADILLAC ESCALADE. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 65-75 MPH, THE CONTACT FELL ASLEEP. THE VEHI… |
| 2009-12-26 | SEATS | No | 1 | DECEMBER 2009 WHILE DRIVING,,, THE HEATED SEATING COIL CAUGHT ON FIRE, BURNING THE SEAT FROM THE INSIDE OUT AND ALSO BU… |
| 2009-12-26 | SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:SEAT HEATER/COOLER | No | 0 | TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CADILLAC ESCALADE. HE STATED THAT THE PASSENGER REAR SEAT CAUGHT FIRE DUE TO THE SEAT WARMER… |
| 2009-12-22 | SEATS | No | 0 | THE DRIVER SEAT HAS A SHORT IN IT. WHEN I PUSH THE FORWARD BUTTON ON THE SEAT, IT NOW GOES IN REVERSE. *TR |
| 2009-02-10 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CADILLAC ESCALADE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE ENTIRE INSTRUMENT PANEL ON THE VEHICLE BECAM… |
| 2009-01-02 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | SPEEDOMETER, TACH AND OIL PRESSURE GAUGE DO NOT WORK ON 2004 CADILLAC ESCALADE. *TR |
| 2008-11-11 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | FRONT DIFFERENTIAL GOING BAD AND CAUSING THE TRANSFER CASE TO GO OUT WITHOUT WARNING, CAR DEALER UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE… |
| 2008-11-07 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL | No | 0 | 2004 CADILLAC ESCALADE SPEEDOMETER IS NOT WORKING PROPERLY. TWO OTHER ESCALADE OWNERS OF THE SAME YEAR WHO ARE NEIGHBO… |
| 2008-02-27 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL | No | 0 | I AM THE OWNER OF A 2004 CADILLAC ESCALADE AND MY SPEEDOMETER HAS QUIT WORKING IT STARTED MALFUNCTIONING/STICKING, NOT … |
| 2007-11-10 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | Yes | 0 | I STOPPED AT THE POST OFFICE WITH MY 14 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER. I PUT THE ESCALADE IN PARK WITH THE EMERGENCY BRAKE ON IN A… |